APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD IN DIRECT DRUG INFUSION USING A LABEL AS A HANGER

• Main Authors: HATCH, Michelle, POROCK, Edward, ZHENG, Kai, PESINO, Lorenzo Myles Paredes, YOHE, Stefan, BONDI, Raffaella Claudia, WISE, Geoffrey Colin, KHURANA, Mahesh
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 07.12.2022
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNERANALOGOUS TO PAPER; MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN AMANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSESB31B OR B31C; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUSTO PAPER

An apparatus and method for direct drug infusion from a vial to a patient are provided. A movable hanger label is provided to adhere to and support the vial to facilitate direct infusion of a drug, such as one or more pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, and/or biologics, from the vial to the patient. Additionally, a process is provided in which the drug, contained in the vial with the movable hanger label, may be directly infused through a primed infusion line with a rapid infusion rate. A saline flush is incorporated at the end of the administration to flush the infusion line, resulting in a reduced amount of the drug remaining in the line.